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Notice the raised heads. A moment later, they took off.
Hooded Merganser
Lophodytes cucullatus
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Patricia Ware Bird Photography
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A female grizzly in tall sedge grass with pricked ears, smelling the air, alert to the signs of a male bear in the area that could be a danger to her cub, Chilko Lake, BC. It would be inadvisable to approach too closely to a bear displaying this posture (best larger).
Ruby-throated Hummingbird sitting near the Cannas waiting for the rising sun to touch his perch. If you zoom in to 100% and look in his eye you can see the sun rising above the ridge. The white blob on the left of his eye is the side of my neighbor's house. The sun is the point on the right. Thanks for visiting.
I do love this little bird. It has the same characteristics as its relations, the other tits, energetic, colourful and determined. It is loving the peanuts and comes quite frequently through the day.
This Great blue heron was 'fishing' close to the bank of Galloway Creek where it becomes Lake Springfield in the Nature Center. It didn't seem to mind the big lens on the trail ~25 yards/meters away. Sometimes breakfast is more important than the poparazzi.
Risk of strong winds and storm surges. The winds are with gusts of up to 110 km/h on the coast. Explore in January 2024
Cow moose and her calf @ Freedom Hills, Talkeetna, Alaska. Defending her calf she had a stand-off with a black bear the night before and suffered scars on her face www.flickr.com/photos/hstachel/51306858298/in/pool-bornto... as well as a torn pelt on her back .
Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles)
Along the banks of the Maribyrnong River at Footscray Park.
From the archives.
A nervous grizzly cub on high alert clings to its mother's back in a sedge grass meadow, Khutzeymateen estuary, BC. The cub has learned from its mother that male grizzly bears are dangerous (they can kill unrelated cubs) and when the pair are feeding in the open they always are alert for the presence of danger from males in the vicinity.
13/12/2019 www.allenfotowild.com
This week I visited an open range zoo where I gave my camera a good workout. Meerkats are among my favourite animals, such a delight to see them on guard against predators who are unlikely to ever come, while others scratched in the sand for treats supplied by their keepers.
It's interesting to watch a cat's whiskers, they are quite expressive and sometimes even seem to have a life of their own. :)
Cape robin-chat after a territorial dispute with an olive trush. And is soaking up some sun to calm it’s nerves